Author: Mike Pekrul

After waking up to an awesome view of the mountains out my bedroom window at Oliver Lee Memorial SP, we headed for our next spot. The drive took us up and over a mountain pass through the San Andres Mountains and into Las Cruces NM, then across to Deming and up to Silver City. We’ve…

Last night we stayed up late watching the lunar eclipse. It never really turned red like we expected, but was interesting nonetheless. Today we slept in, and then went to McGinn’s Pistachioland outside Alamogordo, home to the World’s Largest Pistachio. Four years ago I tried to come here with my son Ray, but they were…

First it was snowballs on the beach, and now we’re going sledding in the desert. We visited White Sands National Park today. Pristine white gypsum sand as far as you can see. It’s actually quite cool to the touch and easy to walk on, mostly. It’s packed together in most places so it’s quite sturdy.…

We left Carlsbad NM this morning, from Coyote Flats RV Park. Not much to brag about there, but it was clean, in a good location, and a good price. Other than that, it was an RV parking lot. 🫤 Headed north in a 40 mph cross wind, being blown all over the road, until we…

Last night, prior to what set off my Grumpy Old Man rant about changing times, Susanne and I went to the Carlsbad Community Theatre and enjoyed a play. I have loved live theatre, even long before both of my kids got involved in it. Sometimes there’s talent, sometimes not so much, but there’s always joy…

I hate Daylight Savings time. It’s an antiquated system that may have served a purpose once upon a time, but now is just annoying. PICK A TIME AND STICK WITH IT! It doesn’t matter if we pick Daylight time or Standard time, just pick one! Yesterday we drove from Central Standard Time in Texas, crossed…

We left Guadalupe River State Park and the central Texas hill country yesterday and headed west. Well, more northwest, but whatever. Drove through lots of hills and even what I’d call mountains for a while, but all of a sudden it got flat. Like crazy flat. Maybe WAY off in the distance I can see…

Nothing ground breaking, nothing earth shaking, nothing much blog worthy. Just living life. We take walks on some of the many trails here, we go sit by the river and read or people-watch, we look for wildlife, I took care of some of the many maintenance items on my list. We went to breakfast at…

We went to San Antonio yesterday afternoon. Visited the Alamo, one of the key places in Texas’ fight for independence from Mexico. The grounds were beautiful and they do a good job of explaining the history before and after the battle. One of the docents inside the church, Miguel, does a fantastic job explaining and…

Moving day, leaving Blanco Tx in the rearview mirror, not sad about it. Short move day, less than an hour today, and to a much nicer area. We checked it out earlier this week, and as we were driving through the countryside, we found these guys… The Scimitar Horned Oryx. Just running loose, wild and…